<p>I think UT has “room” for a lot of transfers because of the freshman attrition rate. </p>
<p>What I haven’t seen mentioned in the complaints about the 10% rule is that students outside the top 10% are admitted, as are students who graduate without a rank. The young women who sued still had a chance to get into UT, it just wasn’t automatic. I haven’t seen the lawsuit, so I don’t know if they were contending that the non-top 10 admissions procedures are skewed to admit more underrepresented minorities. If I had to guess, I would guess that the non-top 10 admissions are skewed to admit athletes. (Not to say that there aren’t many, many athletes who graduate in the top 10%-- however, all other things being equal, I think UT might give preference to a non-top 10% varsity athlete over a cello player).</p>